Randomness: Shopping While Black
A good friend passed this onto me; while I won’t spoil it for you, I must say this one a real interesting watch. Sad, but real insightful. {Thanks Sean!}
Your thoughts?
Filed Under: RandomNess
Randomness: 16 Year Old Stripper On Tyra
As I ready my popcorn for the 2nd episode of Whitney’s interview on Oprah, which starts in about 1/2 hour, I continue to SMH at this video which I stumbled upon earlier. Without pre-empting it, all I’ll say is that this is both shocking and nasty. Where the hell are her parents? Hot mess.
Your thoughts?
Filed Under: RandomNess
New Alexandra Burke Promo Shots
Check out these promotional shots for Alexandra Burke’s new single ‘Bad Boys’. The weave does looks a little Bargain Bucket, but she looks great all-in-all.
What do you think of the pics?
Filed Under: RandomNess, TIna Knowles
House of Dereon Fall Preview
A slow news day or what? I’m sure it’ll pick up – it always does. Anyway…
Check out this video preview of the Fall collection from Beyonce and Tina Knowles’ House of Dereon line.
I keep hearing conflicting things about what the line is actually saying…
Your thoughts?
Filed Under: Omarosa, RandomNess, Wendy Williams
New Song: Christina Milian – ‘Chameleon (ft. The-Dream)’
With no definitive release date for Christina Milian’s ‘Elope’ LP in sight and the star seemingly becoming more a paparazzi fixture as of late, one can not be blamed for wondering if the record will ever see the light of day. That said, after listening to the latest cut to surface from the record ‘Chameleon’, I really am anticipating the album’s release even more now. After a few false starts, Christina has been serving up straight fire with the previously heard ‘Zipper’ as well as this.Produced, written, featuring and arranged by C-Milli’s main squeeze The-Dream, ‘Chameleon’ is a unique cut. Unlike most of today’s popular music, the vehicle driving this awesome track is the lyrical wordplay and its clever use of similes, as opposed to the production – which is best described as sparse, and reminiscent of African tribal drums.
Call it what you want, but Christina hooking up with The-Dream has been yielding nothing but the hotness as of late, so IMO it’s a good look. They need to hurry up and release the album already (as it’s finished and has been for a while, according to the pair).
Hit or Miss?
Filed Under: RandomNess
Ciara & Jay-Z To Tour Together
Ciara appears to be everywhere at the moment promoting her new LP ‘Fantasy Ride’, and if you’re in the US, she and rapper Jay-Z, may be coming to an arena near you:
Jay-Z and Ciara are planning a summer tour together, the former’s representative has confirmed to Billboard.com.“I will say it because the information has been leaked. Me and Jay-Z will be doing a 10-city tour run together! More details coming soon! [sic]” Ciara revealed on Twitter Monday night.The full itinerary has not yet been announced, but Jay-Z’s rep did say it won’t be a 10-city tour, although she wouldn’t confirm if it was more shows or less.Still, a few dates and venues have already been revealed, including stops July 3 and 4 at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas, July 10 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut, and July 12 in Atlanta.Before the Jay-Z tour, Ciara will support Britney Spears on the European leg of the “Circus” tour in June. {Source}
CiCi and Jay sounds like one hell of a show. I must say though, I did always envision Jay being a joint-tour of sorts with Ms. Knowles-Carter if he were to ever embark on such a trek with an R&B singer. That said, it’s still a great billing…
Your thoughts?
Filed Under: RandomNess
Chris Brown Pleads NOT Guilty
The Chris Brown and Rihanna situation has been at the center of media hysteria for the last two months, with many a twist and a turn in the on-going saga. Yesterday proved no different when Brown, who was widely predicted to enter a plea deal or plea ‘Guilty’, entered a plea of ‘Not Guilty’:
R&B star Chris Brown pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that he threatened and assaulted his girlfriend, singer Rihanna. Brown arrived 25 minutes late for the 3pm arraignment, amid a flurry of last-minute plea bargain rumours. Rihanna was not present.After judge Patricia Schnegg read the charges, of assaulting Rihanna “by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury” and of threatening to commit a crime “which would result in death and great bodily injury”, the 19-year-old murmured his plea. “Not guilty, your honour,” he said. They were the only words Brown spoke in court.
The singer spent less than 15 minutes at the Los Angeles superior court, entering his plea and then departing in a black SUV, escorted by four bodyguards.
The charges stem from an alleged altercation between the couple on the early hours of 8 February. According to a police affidavit, Brown shoved Rihanna’s head against the passenger window, punched her in the face, bit her ear and finger and put her into a headlock. “I’m going to kill you,” he allegedly told her.
Brown later said that he was “sorry and saddened” about the incident. He faces up to four years in prison if convicted.
Although Brown’s attorney did not make a statement to the press, a lawyer for Rihanna spoke to reporters after the hearing. Donald Etra confirmed that Rihanna is in her native Barbados but would testify if subpoenaed. Asked directly if his client thought Brown is guilty, Etra said, “Her position on the case is to leave the matters of guilt or innocence to the judge and or defence counsel”.
The two pop stars are thought to have reconciled, although they have not recently been seen together.
Brown will return to court for a status hearing on 29 April. {Source}
While I’m sure many will be pointing to that now infamous Rihanna Police Pic and scratching their heads as to how Chris could plead ‘Not Guilty’ (hell, I am), this kinda has me thinking there is yet more to come out from this story….
Your thoughts?
Filed Under: RandomNess
LeToya Interviewed On 95.5 The Beat
R&B singer LeToya has hit the promotional trail for her new single ‘Not Anymore’ and LP ‘Lady Love’, most recently stopping by San Antonio’s 95.5’s The Beat radio station. As well has her latest project, Ms. Luckett spoke on her 1st record, as well as giving her hilarious, yet very insightful perspective on the Chris Brown / Rihanna drama. Peep part 1 above and part 2 below:
Your thoughts?
Filed Under: Michael Jackson, RandomNess
Ciara To Tour With Britney – As An Opener
In some good news for Ciara fans (finally), the R&B star has confirmed that she will be joining the European leg of Jive label-mate Britney Spears’ ‘Circus’ tour, which rolls over this side of the pond in June. The ‘Never Ever’ singer also revealed that the release of her much delayed ‘Fantasy Ride’ has been pushed up a week, and will now drop May 5th.
This is definitely a good look for CiCi, who has caught a lot of flack over the drama surrounding her project. I find it pretty funny that she’ll be opening for Britney, as all signs point to CiCi’s show being much better than Ms. Spears’ – who, having seen clips of her performances on tour, is still stiffer than a plank of wood on stage.
Your thoughts?
Filed Under: RandomNess
New Song: Ciara – ‘I’m A G (Snippet)’
With Ciara’s ‘Fantasy Ride’ LP now affirmatively set for a April 7th release, more new material from the record continues to surface; the latest being ‘I’m A G’. Produced by Danja (Britney Spears, Missy Elliott, Danity Kane), the club banger of cut definitely sounds like a winner.
Listening to this, though, has me wondering why it wasn’t lined up as the album’s lead single, after the epic fails of ‘Go Girl’ and ‘Never Ever’, the latter of which is struggling to make an impact on the Billboard chart as I type. ’Promise’ aside, CiCi is renown for her uptempo cuts, so straying away from that, seemingly on purpose, with material that just isn’t up to par, is really baffling to me. Here’s hoping things kinda work themselves out with this project.
Hit or Miss?
Filed Under: RandomNess
That Grape Juice Update
I’ve been meaning to update you guys on a number of things for a while now, but have been procrastinating. So without further ado LOL…* Janet Tour Contest: Janet Jackson’s cancellation of her ‘Rock Witchu’ tour has essentially led to the premature end of our ‘That Grape Juice Wants To Rock Witchu’ contest, something that disappointed me personally. Thankfully, winners for select dates that went ahead enjoyed the show from their very very close seats (pops collar…you know how we do LOL LOL). You will be pleased to know that we have a similar themed contest in the pipeline for one of next year’s biggest tours. Any guesses as to who?
* T.I. & D. Woods Interviews: It’s with much annoyance that I can confirm that our telephone time with T.I. has been cancelled. We had been allocated a time to interview the rapper during last month’s Thanksgiving Week, however we received word a day prior that his overseas press time had been cancelled due to a lack of time in his US schedule.
Though the unpredictable nature of these things is always something to bare in mind, it’s still very annoying when things like this happen. I will go on record and say that we, here at That Grape Juice, work very hard to secure the very best interviews (See: Interview archive to the left) and will definitely continue to do so.
As regards D. Woods, the official word from her people is that a slot is still to be allocated. I must say though, with D. Woods keeping a relatively low profile since her split from Danity Kane and a new season of Making The Band (kinda…’Bonus episodes’) set to air at the top of 09, I’m thinking there may be more to it all. Watch this space is what I’ll say…
* That Grape Juice – End of Year Awards: Technical glitches can be a bitch (pardon my French LOL). The final nominee list and voting are now set to go live tomorrow – 23rd December.
* Xmas Updates: With Christmas around the corner and it hitting me that I’ve bought little to nothing in the way of presents (as well as all of the stress that comes along with this time of the year), updates may be a little slower than usual. Just a little. That said, I don’t want any of the That Grape Juice faithful to leave me hanging in the meanwhile! One of the main aspects of all this that I love is the fact that it’s all very unpredictable – anything can happen/surface at any time! So do be sure to keep it locked on That Grape Juice as you usually would!
* Etc: 2009 is shaping up to be another great year for the site. Know that we continue to work tirelessly behind the scenes on many fronts to make That Grape Juice the best it possibly can be. Next year will be no different. Continue to expect the latest news, music, videos, interviews and all that good stuff as we head into the new year. Feel free to suggest anything you’d particularly like to see on the site in the comments section below or by emailing me sam@thatgrapejuice.net.
Many thanks to each and every one of you for supporting the site. Do be sure to keep it locked on That Grape Juice and spread the word!
Filed Under: RandomNess
That Grape Juice: End Of Year Awards 2008 (Reminder)
Just a quick reminder to let you all know that you can still give your 2 cents/ as to who should be nominated in the That Grape Juice: End Of Year Awards 2008 by clicking here.
Filed Under: RandomNess
Beyonce Update
New Beyonce news has seemingly become a staple feature as the release of her eagerly anticipated 3rd solo outing ‘I Am…Sasha Fierce’ draws nearer its November 18th release (November 17th in the UK). Tidbit: To clarify, the album (as a whole) will be titled ‘I Am…Sasha Fierce’, serving to introduce her alter ego Sasha Fierce as well as showcase the more ballad-esque tracks on the ‘I Am…’ part of the album. Still confused? LOL. Check out the new promotional shots for the album above and below. It appears Ms. Knowles is pressing ahead with this black and white theme. I like.
In other Bouncy news, that will no doubt please her UK fans, the 27 year old is set to make high profile appearances on both X-Factor and Strictly Come Dancing this November and December. While great news for fans, the rivalling shows are less than pleased about her doing the ‘other’ show:
X Factor chiefs are reportedly furious that Beyoncé has also agreed to appear on Strictly Come Dancing.
The singer, who is promoting her new LP I Am… Sasha Fierce, has already agreed to appear on the ITV singing contest in December.
However, The Mirror reports that Strictly has nabbed the star to make an earlier appearance at the end of November.
“As far as we are concerned we are the No1 show on Saturday. If X Factor wants Beyoncé, they’ll have to wait. She has signed and we’ve also got Take That confirmed for the coming weeks,” a BBC source said.
Meanwhile, an insider at The X Factor said they also have Mariah Carey and Britney Spears lined up. “We aren’t happy Beyoncé is doing Strictly, but she is just one of a number of huge names we’re getting,” the source said. {Source}
It’s a win/win IMO. Word has it she’ll be performing ‘If I Were A Boy’ on X-Factor, while (possibly) offering the first live rendition of ‘Single Ladies’ on Strictly Come Dancing. I guess time will tell.
Anyway, you can now watch the trailer for Bey’s forthcoming movie, Cadillac Records (due in theatres in December) below:
Good stuff.
Your thoughts?
Filed Under: RandomNess
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